At long last, this is my first time posting original music. As I say at the beginning of this video, this song was originally supposed to contain lyrics. But I couldn't seem to get the lyrics that were written for it to fit properly. After many efforts, I gave up and trimmed down the song, keeping only the instrumental portion of it. Originally entitled 'Sentinels', here is "There's No Other Way To Say It" written by me, all instruments performed by me (drums, guitars, bass, maybe some keyboards, I don't remember). This was recorded back in my infancy of recording multitrack music on the computer. The mix isn't very good, but it's okay as an archive. :) If you have a good set of headphones and can crank it up, you just might hear some bass. :) Also be sure to listen at 480p quality, not 360p. (gotta soak up all the quality you can find. :) ) Let me know your thoughts. Thanks for listening!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYrOJaBIpA8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYrOJaBIpA8

Hi all. Here's a song that I wrote the music for and recorded myself playing all the instruments back in 2004. This has been posted to Youtube. Here's the write up I posted along with the video:

The real purpose of this video is to bring out of the closet a song that I've virtually kept hidden for over six years. This song embraces my love for Progressive Rock music. The concept of this song came from an old friend of mine, Allan Partridge. He entitled it 'Embosis'. The lyrics were already written and I was to come up with some music for a concept album. The project was later abandoned, not on purpose but due to the distractions of life.
In this song you will hear a rare performance of me on vocals. That doesn't happen often, I don't consider myself a singer. What you are hearing is actually made up of two seperate parts of the concept album; the first being the prologue, the second being an instrumental section that was to show up later on the album. All of the instruments are played by me (guitar, bass drums, keyboards). I wrote and recorded the music back in 2004. Hope you like it. Let me know your thoughts and thanks for indulging me in my nostalgia!

Since in just over two weeks from now, I will have lived on this planet for 4 decades, I decided to take a trip down memory lane. Get ready for a glimpse into the exciting, sometimes bizarre insanity that is my life.
I have been making videos since the early 80's, after my Dad bought our first video camera. I used to make comedy sketches, commercials, music videos, game shows, even tried to shoot a mini-movie! (I know, welcome to nerdsville). I also had fun making a show using space lego and making them move by pausing the picture, changing the lego people, and filming again. I usually recruited the help of other friends and family members, such as my Dad, cousins, uncles, etc. We always had a blast and some of the videos became family favorites and were talked about for years afterward! After I discovered Youtube, it was like a chance for me to take it to the next level and revisit my youth.
You are about to witness a side of Chris Lawley that few have seen. Some will be disturbed by what they see, others will be entertained. : ) Included is a never before seen shot of an awkward teenaged Chris with a shaved head and scar from brain surgery to cure epilepsy. It also features some favourtie shots of moments with my three boys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nx5ebZ-Ww8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nx5ebZ-Ww8